ThinkstockIt is no secret that the market has moved from a raging bull market to a market that has become volatile. This last week turned out to be a rough week in the markets,…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. They include Apple, Dow Chemical and Sally Beauty.
ThinkstockPenn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) completed on Monday the spin-off of its real-estate holdings into a new REIT, Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (G&LP) (NASDAQ: GLPI). The spin-off was first announced…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockWhen reviewing the focus list at any major Wall Street firm, we like to screen the list for the stocks that may provide the biggest upside return for our readers. The focus…
ThinkstockPenn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) announced that it has received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission to implement the company’s previously announced separation of its operating assets and its real estate…
ThinkstockApparently changing your corporate status to a real estate investment trust (REIT) does not always come easy, nor is there such thing as a free lunch. Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) is…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning following not much in the way of data from either Asia or Europe. In Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants the European Central Bank to…
ThinkstockCasino owner and operator Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) announced this morning that it will spin off its real estate assets into a separate, publicly traded REIT in a transaction that…
Short sellers have actually lightened up on their bets against the casinos and against the gambling machine makers. Perhaps the drop from the highs has taken the easy money out…
Short sellers have not unilaterally increased their bets against casinos, but there was a rise in the short interest in this sector’s leaders on the August 15 settlement date versus the July 31…
You have probably seen that the casinos have sold way off of their highs as the economy has softened. Las Vegas gambling revenues were lower in recent data and word of a…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Sell from…
Today’s top debt rating story has to be the downgrade by Moody’s of Italian bonds by three notches, from ‘Aa2’ to ‘A2’, while keeping a negative outlook on the country’s debt. And…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised targets as Bull of the…
Today’s research section is being hampered due to post-holiday absence and due to the Northeast blizzard having shut much of the Northeast down. These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades,…
